Improvement in pumps



J. E. SMITH.

PUMP.

. No.188.309. Patented MitchlS, 1877.

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STATES PATENT omca JAMES E. SMITH, OF GLOUCESTER CITY, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN PUMPS.-

. pecification forming part of Letters Patent No. 188,309,6ated March 13, 1877; application filed February 10, 1877.

' To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES E. SMITH, of Gloucester City, Camden county, New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Pumps, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure l is a "ertical section. horizontal section on the line 00' 3 My improvement is applicable chiefly, to

Fig. 2 is a well-pumps or house-pumps; and the object.

of my invention .is to construct a pump so that the bucket and foot-valve may be easily removed for repairs without removing the pump-barrel from its position in the well.

In the drawings. A is the cylinder; B, the bucket; O, the foot-valve; D, the socket connecting the cylinder to the pipe leading from the well; d, the socket connecting the cylinder to the spout or outlet. The bucket is made with a seat, I), valve b leather packing b held down by a cap, I). The cylinder A has an opening on one side near the bottom,

which is closed by a cover or cap, E, similar in shape to the covering of a journal. (See Fig. 2.) This cap is fitted into the barrel, and bored out with the barrel, sothat the bucket well. 1

can descend close to the foot-valve (J. The cap is fitted hard against the cylinder at 6 so as to be always in line with the bore, and a water-tight packing is inserted at 6 The socket D has a projecting'valveseat, h, screwed to receive a ring, it, to which is hinged the leather valve m, and upon this valve is riveted a brass button, n.. By this construction the valve can be easily and firmly secured in its place, and removed by unscrewing without difficulty. .When either valve is out of order the cap E is taken off, and the foot-valve O or bucket B removed and repaired While the pump is in its place in the 

